Bone fragments of this species were first unearthed by archaeologist Theodoor de Booy in kitchen midden deposits on the Richmond estate near Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands in July 1916 and described by Alexander Wetmore in 1918.
His techniques represent a significant advance over the ‘museological’ approach that characterized the work of Fewkes (1850–1930) and de Booy (1882–1919).
Theodoor de Booy | Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde | ''The Card Players'', 17th-century painting by Theodoor Rombouts | Jan Pieter Theodoor Huydecoper |